Aquatic Plant Control Research Program

The Aquatic Plant Control Research Program (APCRP) is the Nation's only Federally authorized research program for technology needed to manage non-indigenous aquatic plant species. The APCRP is concerned with aquatic plant problems of major economic significance in navigable waters, tributaries, streams, connecting channels, and allied waters of the United States. The program is designed to provide environmentally compatible, cost-effective methods for identifying, assessing, and managing aquatic plant problems that interfere with the valued uses of our Nation's water bodies.

Results of the program support the Corps Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Program, Removal of Aquatic Growths (RAG) Project, and the Aquatic Plant Control (APC) Program, as well as the aquatic plant management programs of other Federal agencies, state and local agencies, and the public. Information and techniques developed by the APCRP are transferred using a variety of media technologies: user manuals, instruction reports, computer-based information systems, simulation capabilities, technical and training workshops, peer review journal articles, information bulletins, technical reports, technical notes, professional meeting presentations, and exhibits.